β
A group of pandas is called an embarrassment.β
Sea cucumbers breathe through their butts.β
The first item ever sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer.β
A shrimp's heart is located in its head.β
Humans are the only animals that blush.β
A cloud can weigh more than a million pounds.β
A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.β
A newborn kangaroo is about the size of a jellybean.β
The Eiffel Tower can grow up to 6 inches taller during summer.β
A blue whale's tongue can weigh as much as an elephant.β
It takes about eight minutes for sunlight to reach Earth.β
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.β
The human brain uses about 20% of the body's total energy.β
A day on Jupiter lasts only about 10 hours.β
Your tongue print is as unique as your fingerprint.β
There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee.β
The longest recorded flight of a chicken lasted 13 seconds.β
Peanuts aren't nuts, they are legumes.β
We have mapped more of Mars than of our own ocean floor.β
A group of ferrets is called a business.β
Chewing gum while you chop onions helps keep you from crying.β
So far, two diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.β
Sharks existed on Earth before trees did.β
Humans share 60% of their DNA with bananas.β
Bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun.β
A blue whale's heart is roughly the size of a small car.β
Crows can recognize human faces and hold grudges for years.β
Saturn would float if you could find an ocean big enough.β
Cats can't taste sweetness.β
The Statue of Liberty was originally intended to be a lighthouse.β
A 'moment' was medieval unit of time equal to 90 seconds.β
A bolt of lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the sun.β
A flock of crows is known as a murder.β
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.β
There are only two countries in the world whose names start with 'The': The Gambia and The Bahamas.β
The moon has moonquakes.β
More than half of all people alive today have never made a phone call.β
Bubble wrap was originally invented as wallpaper.β
Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.β
Pineapples take about two years to grow.β
Cashews grow on the outside of a fruit, not inside a shell.β
The French language has 13 different words for 'kiss'.β
Bees can recognize individual human faces.β
Koalas have fingerprints nearly identical to humans.β
Cows have best friends and get stressed when separated.β
Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.β
A snail can sleep for three years straight.β
Ketchup was once sold as medicine in the 1830s.β
A newborn panda is smaller than a mouse.β
Most 'silver' spoons are actually made of stainless steel.β
The Hawaiian alphabet has only 13 letters.β
The Dutch were once the tallest people in the world.β
Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents.β
Vincent van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime.β
Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can.β
In Switzerland it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.β
Butterflies taste with their feet.β
Pigeons can recognize themselves in a mirror.β
Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.β
The shortest war in history lasted 38 to 45 minutes between Britain and Zanzibar.β
Pigs can't look up at the sky without rolling over.β
The longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years.β
The fear of long words is ironically called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.β
It is physically impossible to hum while holding your nose.β
Humans blink about 15 to 20 times per minute.β
A day on Mercury lasts 59 Earth days.β
Wombat poop is cube-shaped.β
The smell of rain has a name: petrichor.β
Snakes can help predict earthquakes.β
You can hear a blue whale's heartbeat from more than two miles away.β
A 'jiffy' is one trillionth of a second in physics.β
An octopus has nine brains.β
A snail can have up to 25,000 teeth on its tongue.β
The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye.β
7% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.β
A group of owls is called a parliament.β
The first computer mouse was made of wood.β
There is a village in Norway called 'Hell' that freezes over every winter.β
Rats laugh when tickled.β
A group of crows mobbing a predator is literally called a 'murder patrol'.β
The average person spends six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.β
A rhinoceros' horn is made of keratin, the same stuff as hair.β
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows or eyelashes.β
Google processes more than 8.5 billion searches every single day.β
Starfish can regenerate their lost limbs.β
29th May is officially Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day.β
A group of porcupines is called a prickle.β
The oldest 'your mom' joke was discovered on a 3,500 year old Babylonian tablet.β
Voice actors for Mickey and Minnie Mouse got married in real life.β
Banging your head against a wall for one hour burns 150 calories.β
Hippos can't actually swim, they walk along the riverbed.β
Scotland's national animal is the unicorn.β
A group of jellyfish is called a smack.β
The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in a lifetime.β
The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress signal.β
Hot water freezes faster than cold water. This is called the Mpemba effect.β
There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on every beach on Earth.β
If you lift a kangaroo's tail off the ground it can't hop.β
Cherophobia is an irrational fear of fun or happiness.β
Ostriches can run faster than horses.β
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.β
Polar bears have black skin under their white fur.β
Horses physically cannot vomit.β
The first oranges weren't orange, they were green.β
Octopuses can taste with their arms.β
A mosquito has 47 teeth.β
Dragonflies have been around for about 300 million years.β
Ancient Egyptians slept on stone pillows.β
The 'new car smell' is made of dozens of chemicals off-gassing from the interior.β
The world's oldest known recipe is for beer.β
There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than atoms in the observable universe.β
A lion's roar can be heard from up to 5 miles away.β
Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don't drift apart.β
Dolphins have names for each other.β
The microwave oven was invented by accident when a researcher noticed a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.β
Your stomach gets a new lining every 3 to 4 days, otherwise it would digest itself.β
A hippo's sweat is pink.β
Avocados are toxic to most animals except humans.β
Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.β
Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feathers.β
There's a species of jellyfish that is immortal.β
A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.β
A jiffy is an actual unit of time: 1/100th of a second.β
Cows have regional accents, they moo differently in different areas.β
The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one.β
Honey never spoils. Archaeologists found 3000-year-old honey in Egyptian tombs that was still edible.β
A group of frogs is called an army.β
Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramid.β
The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts just 57 seconds.β
Antarctica is the only continent without native reptiles or snakes.β
Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company.β
A hummingbird's heart can beat up to 1,260 times per minute.β
Goldfish can recognize human faces.β
Cotton candy was co-invented by a dentist.β
Sloths only poop about once a week.β
A group of flamingos is called a 'flamboyance'.
β
A group of pandas is called an embarrassment.β
Sea cucumbers breathe through their butts.β
The first item ever sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer.β
A shrimp's heart is located in its head.β
Humans are the only animals that blush.β
A cloud can weigh more than a million pounds.β
A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus.β
A newborn kangaroo is about the size of a jellybean.β
The Eiffel Tower can grow up to 6 inches taller during summer.β
A blue whale's tongue can weigh as much as an elephant.β
It takes about eight minutes for sunlight to reach Earth.β
The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.β
The human brain uses about 20% of the body's total energy.β
A day on Jupiter lasts only about 10 hours.β
Your tongue print is as unique as your fingerprint.β
There are more than 1,000 chemicals in a cup of coffee.β
The longest recorded flight of a chicken lasted 13 seconds.β
Peanuts aren't nuts, they are legumes.β
We have mapped more of Mars than of our own ocean floor.β
A group of ferrets is called a business.β
Chewing gum while you chop onions helps keep you from crying.β
So far, two diseases have successfully been eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.β
Sharks existed on Earth before trees did.β
Humans share 60% of their DNA with bananas.β
Bananas are curved because they grow towards the sun.β
A blue whale's heart is roughly the size of a small car.β
Crows can recognize human faces and hold grudges for years.β
Saturn would float if you could find an ocean big enough.β
Cats can't taste sweetness.β
The Statue of Liberty was originally intended to be a lighthouse.β
A 'moment' was medieval unit of time equal to 90 seconds.β
A bolt of lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the sun.β
A flock of crows is known as a murder.β
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.β
There are only two countries in the world whose names start with 'The': The Gambia and The Bahamas.β
The moon has moonquakes.β
More than half of all people alive today have never made a phone call.β
Bubble wrap was originally invented as wallpaper.β
Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.β
Pineapples take about two years to grow.β
Cashews grow on the outside of a fruit, not inside a shell.β
The French language has 13 different words for 'kiss'.β
Bees can recognize individual human faces.β
Koalas have fingerprints nearly identical to humans.β
Cows have best friends and get stressed when separated.β
Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.β
A snail can sleep for three years straight.β
Ketchup was once sold as medicine in the 1830s.β
A newborn panda is smaller than a mouse.β
Most 'silver' spoons are actually made of stainless steel.β
The Hawaiian alphabet has only 13 letters.β
The Dutch were once the tallest people in the world.β
Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents.β
Vincent van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime.β
Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can.β
In Switzerland it is illegal to own just one guinea pig.β
Butterflies taste with their feet.β
Pigeons can recognize themselves in a mirror.β
Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.β
The shortest war in history lasted 38 to 45 minutes between Britain and Zanzibar.β
Pigs can't look up at the sky without rolling over.β
The longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years.β
The fear of long words is ironically called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.β
It is physically impossible to hum while holding your nose.β
Humans blink about 15 to 20 times per minute.β
A day on Mercury lasts 59 Earth days.β
Wombat poop is cube-shaped.β
The smell of rain has a name: petrichor.β
Snakes can help predict earthquakes.β
You can hear a blue whale's heartbeat from more than two miles away.β
A 'jiffy' is one trillionth of a second in physics.β
An octopus has nine brains.β
A snail can have up to 25,000 teeth on its tongue.β
The Great Wall of China is not visible from space with the naked eye.β
7% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.β
A group of owls is called a parliament.β
The first computer mouse was made of wood.β
There is a village in Norway called 'Hell' that freezes over every winter.β
Rats laugh when tickled.β
A group of crows mobbing a predator is literally called a 'murder patrol'.β
The average person spends six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.β
A rhinoceros' horn is made of keratin, the same stuff as hair.β
The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows or eyelashes.β
Google processes more than 8.5 billion searches every single day.β
Starfish can regenerate their lost limbs.β
29th May is officially Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day.β
A group of porcupines is called a prickle.β
The oldest 'your mom' joke was discovered on a 3,500 year old Babylonian tablet.β
Voice actors for Mickey and Minnie Mouse got married in real life.β
Banging your head against a wall for one hour burns 150 calories.β
Hippos can't actually swim, they walk along the riverbed.β
Scotland's national animal is the unicorn.β
A group of jellyfish is called a smack.β
The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in a lifetime.β
The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress signal.β
Hot water freezes faster than cold water. This is called the Mpemba effect.β
There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on every beach on Earth.β
If you lift a kangaroo's tail off the ground it can't hop.β
Cherophobia is an irrational fear of fun or happiness.β
Ostriches can run faster than horses.β
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.β
Polar bears have black skin under their white fur.β
Horses physically cannot vomit.β
The first oranges weren't orange, they were green.β
Octopuses can taste with their arms.β
A mosquito has 47 teeth.β
Dragonflies have been around for about 300 million years.β
Ancient Egyptians slept on stone pillows.β
The 'new car smell' is made of dozens of chemicals off-gassing from the interior.β
The world's oldest known recipe is for beer.β
There are more possible iterations of a game of chess than atoms in the observable universe.β
A lion's roar can be heard from up to 5 miles away.β
Sea otters hold hands while sleeping so they don't drift apart.β
Dolphins have names for each other.β
The microwave oven was invented by accident when a researcher noticed a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.β
Your stomach gets a new lining every 3 to 4 days, otherwise it would digest itself.β
A hippo's sweat is pink.β
Avocados are toxic to most animals except humans.β
Bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.β
Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feathers.β
There's a species of jellyfish that is immortal.β
A crocodile can't stick its tongue out.β
A jiffy is an actual unit of time: 1/100th of a second.β
Cows have regional accents, they moo differently in different areas.β
The inventor of the Pringles can is buried in one.β
Honey never spoils. Archaeologists found 3000-year-old honey in Egyptian tombs that was still edible.β
A group of frogs is called an army.β
Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramid.β
The shortest commercial flight in the world lasts just 57 seconds.β
Antarctica is the only continent without native reptiles or snakes.β
Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company.β
A hummingbird's heart can beat up to 1,260 times per minute.β
Goldfish can recognize human faces.β
Cotton candy was co-invented by a dentist.β
Sloths only poop about once a week.β
A group of flamingos is called a 'flamboyance'.